Applied Plant Sciences Plant Breeding/Molecular Genetics Track M.S. Applied Plant Sciences M.S. Program Requirements M.S. Requirements Plant Breeding/Molecular Genetics Track Course Title Credits Semester APSC 8123 Research Ethics in the Plant and Environmental 0.5 Spring Sciences AGRO 5311 Research Methods in Crop Improvement and Production 1 Summer (register in Fall) APSC 8270 Graduate Seminar 1 Fall & Spring Stat 5021 or NR 5021 or Agro 5121 Statistical Analysis or Statistics for Agriculture and Natural Resource Professionals 4 3 Fall & Spring or Fall Plant Breeding Area See list > 3 Genetics & Genomics See list > 6 Area Additional Courses Determined by student/committee Total Course Credits (Plan A) > 20 Total Course Credits (Plan B) > 30 APSC 8777 Thesis Credits (Plan A only) 10 Plan A requires a minimum of 20 coursework credits and 10 thesis credits. The final examination is oral. Plan B requires 30 coursework credits. The final examination is oral. A capstone project, which is determined in consultation with the student s adviser, is required. Plan A or Plan B may be completed with a minor. Use of 4xxx courses toward program requirements is permitted under certain conditions with adviser approval. A minimum GPA of 3.00 is required for students to remain in good standing. Students are required to complete the minimum number of course credits (20 for Plan A; 30 for Plan B) including the program-wide courses ( Required courses listed below) and track requirements ( Area courses listed below). Courses other than those listed below can be substituted with agreement of the adviser, advisory committee, and DGS. 10 thesis credits are also required for Plan A. Additional course requirements are flexible and are determined in consultation with the student's adviser(s) and advisory committee. Required core courses are counted toward the total required number of coursework credits. REQUIRED COURSES All APS MS graduate students are required to take a group of core courses AGRO 5311 - Research Methods in Crop Improvement and Production (1.0 cr) APSC 8270 - Graduate Seminar (1.0 cr) APSC 8123 - Research Ethics in the Plant and Environmental Sciences (0.5 cr) NR 5021 Statistics for Agriculture and Natural Resource Professionals, 3 cr., Fall
or STAT 5021 Statistical Analysis, 4 cr., Fall & Spring or Agro 5121 AREA COURSES At least one course must be taken from each the Plant Breeding area and at least two courses from the Genetics & Genomics area. Plant Breeding AGRO 5021 Introduction to Plant Breeding, 3 cr., Fall APSC 8201 Advanced Plant Breeding, 3 cr., Spring (odd years) AGRO 8202 Breeding for Quantitative Traits in Plants, 3 cr., Spring (even years) Genetics & Genomics AGRO 5431 Applied Plant Genomics and Bioinformatics, 3 cr., Fall APSC 8023 Evolution of Crop Plants, 3 cr., Fall (even years) AGRO 8241 Chromosomal & Mol. Genetics of Plant Improv., 3 cr., Spring (odd years) EEB 5042 Quantitative Genetics, 3 cr., Fall HORT 5058/9 Plant Cytogenetics, 3 cr., Spring OTHER SUGGESTED COURSES Agroecology and Cropping Systems AGRO 5321 Ecology of Agricultural Systems, 3 cr., Spring AGRO 5999 Special Topics: Agro-ecosystems Analysis Summer Field Course, 3 cr. HORT 5012 Common Medicinal Plants: Growing and Processing, 3 cr., Fall (even years) HORT 5023 Public Garden Management, 2 cr., Spring HORT 5031 Viticulture and Fruit Production for Local and Organic Markets, 3 cr., Fall (odd years) HORT 5032 Organic Vegetable Production, 3 cr., Spring (odd years) HORT 5071 Ecological Restoration, 3 cr., Fall SAGR 8010 Colloquium in Sustainable Agriculture, 2 cr., Fall Biochemistry BIOC 8001 Biochemistry: Structure, Catalysis, and Metabolism, 3 cr., Fall BIOC 8002 Molecular Biology and Regulation of Biological Processes, 3 cr., Fall Biotechnology/Genetics/Genomics GCD 4034 Molecular Genetics, 3 cr., Spring GCD 8131 Advanced Genetics and Genomics, 3 cr., Spring HORT 4071W Applications of Plant Biotechnology to Crop Improvement, 4 cr., Fall HORT 5007 Advanced Plant Propagation, 3 cr., Spring (even years) PLPA 5301 Large Scale Omic Data in Plant Biology, 3 cr., Fall Computational Biology/Bioinformatics BIOC 5361 Microbial Genomics and Bioinformatics, 3 cr., Fall & Spring CSCI 4041 Algorithms and Data Structures, 4 cr., Fall & Spring CSCI 5461 Functional Genomics, Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, 3 cr., Spring CSCI 5481 Computational Techniques for Genomics, 3 cr., Fall CSCI 5980 Introduction to Computing in Biology, 3 cr., Spring Evolution EEB 5221 Molecular Evolution, 3 cr. Spring (odd years)
Physiology PBIO 5412 Plant Physiology, 3 cr., Fall Com Plant Pathology PLPA 5103/8103 Plant-Microbe Interactions, 3 cr., Spring PLPA 5202 Field Plant Pathology, 2 cr., Summer PLPA 5444 Ecol, Epidem, and Evolutionary Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions, 3 cr., Fall PLPA 5203 Introduction to Fungal Biology, 3 cr.,spring PLPA 5480 Principles of Plant Pathology, 3 cr., Fall PLPA 5660 Plant Disease Resistance and Applications, 3 cr., Spring PLPA 8104 Plant Virology, 2 cr., Spring PLPA 8105 Plant Bacteriology, 2 cr., Spring Statistics AGRO 5121 Applied Experimental Design, 4 cr., Spring ANSC 5200 Statistical Genetics and Genomics, 4 cr., Fall BIOL 5272 Applied Biostatistics, 3 cr., Fall ENT 5126 Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Ecological Data, 3 cr., Spring (even years) ESPM 5211 Survey, Measurement, and Modeling for Environmental Analysis, 3 cr., Spring FR 5131 Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources, 4 cr., Fall & Spring FW 8051 Statistical Modeling of Ecological Data, 4 cr., Spring GIS 5555 Basic Spatial Analysis, 3 cr., Fall STAT 5201 Sampling Methodology in Finite Populations STAT 5302 Applied Regression Analysis, 4 cr., Fall & Spring STAT 5303 Designing Experiments, 4 cr., Spring STAT 5401 Applied Multivariate Methods, 3 cr., Fall & Spring STAT 5421 Analysis of Categorical Data, 3 cr., Fall STAT 5601 Nonparametric Methods, 3 cr., Fall
Applied Plant Sciences Plant Breeding/Molecular Genetics Track Ph.D. Applied Plant Sciences PhD Program Requirements Ph.D. Requirements Plant Breeding/Molecular Genetics Track Course Title Credits Semester APSC 8123 Research Ethics in the Plant and Environmental 0.5 Spring Sciences (unless taken in M.S. at U of M) AGRO 5311 Research Methods in Crop Improvement and Production 1 Summer (register in Fall) APSC 8270 Graduate Seminar 1 Fall & Spring Grad 8101 Teaching in Higher Education 3 APSC 8280 or SAGR 8010 Current Topics in Applied Plant Sciences Colloquium in Sustainable Agriculture 1 2 Stat 5021 or NR 5021 or Agro 5121 Statistical Analysis or Statistics for Agriculture and Natural Resource Professionals 4 3 Fall & Spring or Fall Plant Breeding Area See list > 3 Genetics & Genomics See list > 6 Area Additional Courses Determined by student/committee Total Course Credits > 30 APSC 8888 Thesis Credits 24 With the exception of APSC 8270, courses are not required if previously taken in an M.S. program. 30 course credits are required in the major. 24 thesis credits are required. This program may be completed with a minor in another field. Successful completion and defense of a thesis is required for completion of the Ph.D. degree (see http://policy.umn.edu/education/doctoralcompletion). Use of 4xxx courses toward program requirements is permitted under certain conditions with adviser approval. A minimum GPA of 3.00 is required for students to remain in good standing. At least 1 semester must be completed before filing a Degree Program Form. Ph.D. students are required to complete a minimum of 30 course credits including the program-wide courses ( Required courses listed below) and track requirements ( Area courses listed below). Courses other than those listed below can be substituted with agreement of the adviser, advisory committee, and DGS. 24 thesis credits are also required. Additional course requirements are flexible and are determined in consultation with the student's adviser(s) and advisory committee. Required core courses are counted toward the required 30 credits. Credits from graduate coursework at the UMN or from another institution, completed prior to admission to the PhD program, may be used subject to limitations in University policy (http://policy.umn.edu/education/gradcreditdegree)
REQUIRED COURSES All APS PhD graduate students are required to take a group of core courses AGRO 5311 - Research Methods in Crop Improvement and Production (1.0 cr) APSC 8270 - Graduate Seminar (1.0 cr) APSC 8123 - Research Ethics in the Plant and Environmental Sciences (0.5 cr) unless taken in M.S. program at University of Minnesota GRAD 8101 - Teaching in Higher Education (3.0 cr) SAGR 8010 - Colloquium in Sustainable Agriculture (2.0 cr) OR APSC 8280 - Current Topics in Applied Plant Sciences (1 cr) STAT 5021 - Statistical Analysis (4.0 cr) or NR 5021 Note: Courses are not required if previously taken in an M.S. program, except for APSC 8270. AREA COURSES At least one course must be taken from the Plant Breeding area and at least two courses from the Genetics & Genomics area. Plant Breeding AGRO 5021 Introduction to Plant Breeding, 3 cr., Fall AGRO / HORT 8201 Advanced Plant Breeding, 3 cr., Spring (odd years) AGRO 8202 Breeding for Quantitative Traits in Plants, 3 cr., Spring (even years) Genetics & Genomics AGRO 5431 Applied Plant Genomics and Bioinformatics, 3 cr., Fall AGRO 8023 Evolution of Crop Plants, 3 cr., Spring (even years) AGRO 8241 Chromosomal & Mol. Genetics of Plant Improv., 3 cr., Spring (odd years) EEB 5042 Quantitative Genetics, 3 cr., Fall HORT 5058/9 Plant Cytogenetics, 3 cr., Spring OTHER SUGGESTED COURSES Agroecology and Cropping Systems AGRO 5321 Ecology of Agricultural Systems, 3 cr., Spring AGRO 5999 Special Topics: Agro-ecosystems Analysis Summer Field Course, 3 cr. HORT 5011 Common Medicinal Plants: Classification, Identification, 3 cr., Fall (odd years) HORT 5012 Common Medicinal Plants: Growing and Processing, 3 cr., Fall (even years) HORT 5023 Public Garden Management, 2 cr., Spring HORT 5031 Viticulture and Fruit Production for Local and Organic Markets, 3 cr., Fall (odd years) HORT 5032 Organic Vegetable Production, 3 cr., Spring (odd years) HORT 5071 Ecological Restoration, 3 cr., Fall Biochemistry BIOC 5401 Advanced Metabolism and its Regulation, 3 cr., Fall BIOC 8001 Biochemistry: Structure, Catalysis, and Metabolism, 3 cr., Fall BIOC 8002 Molecular Biology and Regulation of Biological Processes, 3 cr., Fall PBIO 5601 Topics in Plant Biochemistry, 3 cr., Spring Biotechnology/Genetics/Genomics GCD 4034 Molecular Genetics, 3 cr., Spring GCD 8131 Advanced Genetics and Genomics, 3 cr., Spring HORT 4071W Applications of Plant Biotechnology to Crop Improvement, 4 cr., Fall HORT 5007 Advanced Plant Propagation, 3 cr., Spring (even years)
PLPA 5301 Large Scale Omic Data in Plant Biology, 3 cr., Fall Computational Biology/Bioinformatics BIOC 5361 Microbial Genomics and Bioinformatics, 3 cr., Fall & Spring BIOL 5485 Bioinformatics, 3 cr., Fall (even years) CSCI 4041 Algorithms and Data Structures, 4 cr., Fall & Spring CSCI 5461 Functional Genomics, Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, 3 cr., Spring CSCI 5481 Computational Techniques for Genomics, 3 cr., Fall CSCI 3003/5980 Introduction to Computing in Biology, 3 cr., Spring Evolution EEB 5221 Molecular Evolution, 3 cr. Spring (odd years) PBIO 5309 Molecular Ecology and Ecological Genomics, 3 cr., Fall (even years) Physiology PBIO 5412 Plant Physiology, 3 cr., Fall PBIO 5516 Plant Cell Biology, 3 cr., Fall Plant Pathology PLPA 5103/8103 Plant-Microbe Interactions, 3 cr., Spring PLPA 5202 Field Plant Pathology, 2 cr., Summer PLPA 5444 Ecol, Epidem, and Evolutionary Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions, 3 cr., Fall PLPA 5480 Principles of Plant Pathology, 3 cr., Fall PLPA 5660 Plant Disease Resistance and Applications, 3 cr., Spring PLPA 8104 Plant Virology, 2 cr., Spring PLPA 8105 Plant Bacteriology, 2 cr., Spring Statistics AGRO 5121 Applied Experimental Design, 4 cr., Spring ANSC 5200 Statistical Genetics and Genomics, 4 cr., Fall BIOL 5272 Applied Biostatistics, 3 cr., Fall ENT 5126 Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Ecological Data, 3 cr., Spring (even years) ESPM 5211 Survey, Measurement, and Modeling for Environmental Analysis, 3 cr., Spring FR 5131 Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources, 4 cr., Fall & Spring FW 8051 Statistical Modeling of Ecological Data, 4 cr., Spring GIS 5555 Basic Spatial Analysis, 3 cr., Fall STAT 5041 Bayesian Decision Making, 3 cr., Fall STAT 5201 Sampling Methodology in Finite Populations STAT 5302 Applied Regression Analysis, 4 cr., Fall & Spring STAT 5303 Designing Experiments, 4 cr., Spring STAT 5401 Applied Multivariate Methods, 3 cr., Fall & Spring STAT 5421 Analysis of Categorical Data, 3 cr., Fall STAT 5601 Nonparametric Methods, 3 cr., Fall